Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although many men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru are unaware of their HIV status, they are frequent users of the Internet, and can be approached by that medium for promotion of HIV testing.

Methods

We conducted an online randomized controlled trial to compare the effect of HIV-testing motivational videos versus standard public health text, both offered through a gay website. The videos were customized for two audiences based on self-identification: either gay or non-gay men. The outcomes evaluated were 'intention to get tested' and 'HIV testing at the clinic.'

Findings

In the non-gay identified group, 97 men were randomly assigned to the video-based intervention and 90 to the text-based intervention. Non-gay identified participants randomized to the vi

SUBMITTER: Blas MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2862715 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature